Research Engineer on hot rolled products

ArcelorMittal is the world's largest steel producer. We use the most innovative technologies to create the steels tomorrow's world will be made of. Every day over 125,000 of our talented people, located in over 60 countries, push the boundaries of digitalization, and use advanced technologies to create a stronger, faster, and smarter world. To help make this possible, they know they can depend on the support and training that a company of our scope and scale can provide.

Comprising 1,650 researchers spread across 14 Research Centres around the world, our Global R&D team aims to continuously improve the quality of steel and its manufacturing processes. This involves investigating and developing disruptive technologies, reducing the carbon footprint of steel, and optimizing costs while maintaining uncompromising quality. The team's strong multicultural diversity, with over 30 nationalities, offers international experience and makes it possible to meet global needs.

Maizières-les-Metz lab is the greatest ArcelorMittal's research centre. The team you will join works on the development of new ultrahigh strength hot rolled grades for innovative automotive applications, the low CO2 industrial manufacturing methods to produce them and the deployment in the worldwide market.

Your role

We are looking for a person who could apply his/her technical knowledge and experience and multidisciplinary project management skills on the development, industrialisation and deployment of new ultrahigh strength steel products for applications in the automotive industry.

In a context of exciting transitions in the steel and automotive industries towards CO2 neutrality, simplification, new mobility (electrical vehicles) and new forming technologies for autoparts, the need for new and innovative solutions becomes key. 

Development of new solutions will start from the conception of combined steel grade, manufacturing and forming solutions in the laboratory  towards industrialisation at steel plants and deployment at stampers and car makers worldwide.  

Joining and leading projects for exploiting the relationship between metallurgy of ultrahigh strength microstructures and surface engineering and a wide range of in-use properties from crash to corrosion and embrittlement resistance among many others will be requested as they represent the building blocks for the conception of innovative solutions. Internal and external academic interaction will be encouraged.

To be successful in your different tasks, you will manage a number of research technicians and you will rely on the transversal approaches (safety, environment, quality).

Your profile

• You hold a PhD degree in Metallurgy / Materials.
• You have a solid Research & Development and/or industrial experience.
• You are fluent in French and English.
• You have strong teamwork skills, the ambition of constant learning and creativity.

According to ArcelorMittal Global R&D values:

• You agree to comply with health and safety rules.
• You are respectful, transparent, honest, and empathetic in your relationships. You honor your word and your commitments to others.
• You agree to behave consistently with the highest level of integrity.
• You strive to question your practices. with high expectations of yourself and others, you strive for a high level of quality and reliability in everything you do.
• You recognize that diversity, varied skills, and fresh ideas make a group exponentially better in the pursuit of a common goal.
• You know that learning changes minds and lives, so you are committed to learning throughout your professional career and continually achieving the skills required and essential to your success.
• You are open to ideas that challenge conventions and stimulate innovation.

Join us and you will see that your work will help create renewable energy, impact major industries and boost economies. At ArcelorMittal, we'll help you create your world.

Attractive remuneration with stimulating career prospects in which eminent scientists and engineers evolve in a multicultural environment.